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Financial Wellness Workshop
Nov. 28, 2017—Over 30 MSTP students attended the Financial Wellness workshop on November 2nd. The Wellness Committee brought in Daniel Burke, a local financial planner who works with VUMC residency programs and specializes in working with medical professionals. Mr. Burke gave a short presentation and fielded questions from the crowd. He focused on the fundamentals of financial...
MSTP Celebrations – November 2017
Nov. 28, 2017—Goodpasture MSTP family Eileen Shiuan (G3), Ben Fowler (M2), Aaron Lim (G2), and MariaSanta Mangione (G4) gathered for an “Exploding Kittens” game night. Congratulations to Kevin Bersell (M4) on being selected as one of five national finalists for the prestigious American Heart Association’s Lous N. and Arnold M. Katz Basic Research Prize! This award...
MSTPublications: November 2017
Nov. 28, 2017—Congratulations to all of our MSTP students on their successful publications! Take a look at the great work our students are doing. First Author Original Research: Perceptual Training Enhances Temporal Acuity for Multisensory Speech. De Niear MA, Gupta PB, Baum SH, Wallace MT. Neurobiol Learn Mem. 2017 Oct 28. pii: S1074-7427(17)30167-3. doi: 10.1016/j.nlm.2017.10.016. [Epub ahead of print] The...
Transitioning to Clerkship Year: Advice from the G1 Class
Oct. 30, 2017—Transitioning to Clerkship Year: Advice from the G1 Class The transition from classroom to the bedside can be overwhelming, but it truly affords you with one of the greatest privileges as a medical student: the opportunity to simultaneously care for and learn from your patients. Each day you wake up not knowing how you'll feel...
MSTPublications: October 2017
Oct. 30, 2017—MSTPublications: October 2017 Congratulations to all of our MSTP students on their successful publications! Take a look at the great work our students are doing. First Author Original Research: Cytomegalovirus (CMV) Epitope-Specific CD4+ T Cells Are Inflated in HIV+ CMV+ Subjects. Abana CO, Pilkinton MA, Gaudieri S, Chopra A, McDonnell WJ, Wanjalla C, Barnett L, Gangula R, Hager...
The Surgeon-Scientist: A Conversation With Alumni Continued
Oct. 30, 2017—Part 2: After the MSTP by J-N Gallant (M3) A conversation with alumni, including: Charles Davis, M.D., Ph.D., Class of 1991, Professor of Orthopaedics and Rehabilitation, Penn State University David Poon, M.D., Ph.D., Class of 1996, general surgeon, Kaiser Permanente, San Diego Elizabeth Tyler-Kabara, M.D., Ph.D., Class of 1997, Associate Professor of Neurosurgery, University of...
MSTP Celebrations – October 2017
Oct. 30, 2017—MSTP Celebrations – October 2017 Chike Abana (G3) successfully defended his dissertation entitled, “Human CMV Epitope-Specific CD4+ T Cells Are Persistently Elevated and Cytotoxic in HIV+ Subjects” (Microbiology and Immunology, PI Simon Mallal). Congratulations, Dr. Abana! MSTP students participated in the Iron Chef competition as part of VUSM's College Cup weekend! Caleb...
MSTPets: Part 7
Oct. 30, 2017—by Rachel Brown (G1) An ode to our furry friends who have helped us study for anatomy practicals, kept us company while we wrote our papers and thesis dissertations, and welcomed us home after a long shift on surgery. MSTPet: Luna Age: 2 years old MSTParents: Nick Petersen (M1) and Josh (honorary first year...
Shut Up and Write!
Oct. 30, 2017—Shut Up and Write! Have you struggled with finding quiet time to put the finishing touches on your F30 application or to finally write that manuscript? Then maybe it’s time to “Shut Up & Write”! "Shut Up & Write," hosted by Edge for Scholars (Vanderbilt's clinical and translational research career development group), creates a structured time and...
MSTP Senior Leadership Workshop
Oct. 30, 2017—MSTP Senior Leadership Workshop Twenty-one students attended the biennial MSTP Senior Leadership Workshop on Saturday, August 26th, 2017 at Alumni Hall. The purpose of this half-day workshop is to provide continued leadership training to students in their final years of the MSTP. Before the workshop, M3 and M4 MSTP students completed a survey to assess and...